On the morning of June 2009, Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services activated the Islip Fire Department for a report of a residential structure fire at 2687 Union Blvd. As part of a progressive daytime mutual aid policy, the East Islip Fire Department was immediatly alerted to send one engine to the scene. Islip Town Fire Marshall 3-0-41 was the first to arrive on scene and immediatly contacted Islip dispatch and declared a working fire. Under the direction of Captain Pizzo Engine 3-4-1, which was the first due, picked up a hydrant and stretched two attack lines. Upon arrival the fire was well advanced and already self venting out of the 2nd floor window on the Exposure 2 side of the house. Engine crews were met with heavy fire conditions on the 2nd floor which eventually extended up to the 3rd floor. Chief Joseph S. Marino established Islip command and requested a 3rd assignment via mutual aid procedures. This called in Islip Terrace for a truck, East Islip for another engine and a truck, Bay Shore for an engine and truck and West Islip for an engine to standby at the scene. The fire in the three-story Victorian-type structure was quickly extinguished by the Islip and mutual aid crews.
The Islip Exchange Ambulance under the direction of 2nd Asst Chief Stu Cohen established a rehab area and assisted on the scene. Additional ambulances were provided by the Bay Shore Brightwaters rescue ambulance and the Sayville Comunity Ambulance. An East Islip firefighter was transported for evaluation. One female occupant of the house was transported for burns prior to arrival. Islip units responding included Cheifs 3-4-30 and 3-4-32, Engines 3-4-1 and Engine 3-4-9, Fire Police 3-4-8 and 3-4-10.
